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Clinical Therapist #2025639 at World Relief – Durham, North Carolina

World Relief
Durham, North Carolina, 27701, United States
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Clinical Therapist #2025639

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered yes, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.
If youre looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the worlds greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Clinical Therapist provides mental health services to refugees and other eligible immigrants through the Services to Trauma Affected Refugees (STAR) program. The therapist provides both individual, group and family based services and collaborates with the STAR Specialist and Wellness Navigation teams to promote the overall wellness of program participants.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Provide therapeutic services to eligible individuals, couples, and families. Specific services include but are not limited to individualized treatment plans and in-home therapy interventions.
  • Execute evidence based psychosocial support groups for adults, children and families to support individual and family wellness goals.
  • Collaborate with Case Managers and Wellness Navigators to ensure shared clients make consistent progress toward identified goals.
  • Collaborate with STAR team to identify and execute community gatherings that reduce isolation and increase overall wellness of individuals and families.
  • Effectively utilize both in person and telephonic interpretation for the provision of therapeutic services
  • Deliver seminars to promote mental health awareness and de-stigmatization of mental health services in the refugee and immigrant community
  • Participate in regional collaborations to promote mental health services and access for refugee and immigrant clients
  • Maintain professional competency through continuing education on refugee and immigrant mental health through attendance at appropriate conferences, workshops, and trainings.
  • Participate in data collection and outcome evaluation, as necessary for grant compliance and program sustainability.
  • Effectively maintain professional client records and record service data in an accurate and timely manner to ensure compliance with state and federal funders.
  • Collaborate with Clinical Services Manager in supervising and mentoring BSW and MSW interns
  • Other duties as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
  • Mature and personal Christian faith
  • Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
  • Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
  • Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
  • Master’s degree in related field and provisional license for LCSW, LMFT or LMHC. Provisional licensure may be considered.
  • Training/expertise in therapeutic interventions to provide clinical services to survivors of trauma, including, but not limited to TF-CBT and NET therapy.
  • Training/expertise in family therapy including but not limited to family systems approach.
  • Experience with database management and the maintenance of electronic files and records
  • Strong ability to work independently, remain focused and accomplish goals in a challenging, fluid and sometimes unpredictable environment
  • Demonstrate a strong ability to prioritize, multi-task, problem solve, organize, and attend to detail
  • Advanced cross-cultural fluency, with significant experience in cross-cultural environments and/or services
  • Demonstrate strong ability to work well on team in a synergistic work environment and to collaborate effectively across department and program areas
  • Ability to demonstrate strong, creative flexibility to engage obstacles and create pathways to achieve programmatic goals
  • Valid driver’s license, regular access to vehicle, and ability/willingness to drive clients to appointments
  • Flexible schedule to provide services once a week in late afternoon/early evening.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Strong preference for candidates who are fluent in at least one language spoken by refugees in Durham: Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Swahili, or Urdu.
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time, Regular, employees.
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

$23 - $25 an hour

Job Location

Durham, North Carolina, 27701, United States

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